UFC on ESPN 38 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company issued 5 bonuses yesterday. Thiago Moses, Shavkat Rakhmonov, Josh Parisian, Mateusz Gamrot and Arman Tsarukyan earned the $50K bonuses. The feature fight of the night earned the FOTN honors as Gamrot and Tsarukyan had the best fight […]
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UFC Fight Night Austin drew 716K viewers on ESPN
UFC Fight Night Austin drew 716,000 viewers on Saturday nigh ton ESPN per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. The prelims drew 282,000 viewers on ESPN2. The telecast featured Josh Emmett and Calvin Kattar in a Fight of the Night feature fight. The telecast drew 283,000 in the A18-49 and a household rating of 0.37. The prelims […]
Evans-Smith accepts USADA 14-month sanction
Ashlee Evans-Smith has accepted a sanction from the UFC Anti-Doping Policy of 14 months due to a positive test for “the presence of an anabolic androgenic steroid of exogenous origin.” The sanction arises out-of-competition testing on January 3rd and 27th of this year. Evans-Smith declared dehydoepiandrostene (DHEA) on both of her doping control forms prior […]
UFC on ESPN 36 ratings
UFC on ESPN 36 took place on Saturday night at The Apex in Las Vegas. The prelims drew a bigger number Saturday that the main card. The Prelims aired at 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET and drew 726,000 viewers per Nielsen via ShowBuzz Daily. It drew 0.24 in the A18-49 demo, 0.11 in F18-49, 0.37 M18-49, 0.19A18-34, […]
Endeavor COO talks fighter pay during earnings call
On Thursday, Endeavor had its quarterly earnings call which included some information on the UFC and how its positively impacting the company earnings. Fighter pay once again came up as company officials had to tow the line on the controversial issue. Endeavor’s sports properties, specifically the UFC and Pro Bull Riding saw a 5% increase […]